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Monday, March 29, 2010

Kunnath Pharmaceuticals, manufacturer of Musli Power X-Tra, a herbal formulation for impotence and infertility has disclosed that it has received communication from the Office of the Drugs Inspector, Idukki, Kerala State that the drug’s samples that were confiscated for testing has yielded negative results for the presence of Sildenafil Citrate (active ingredient of Viagra), Tadalafil (active ingredient of Cialis), and synthetic steroids.

Kochi based Kunnath Pharma’s premises were raided and a case registered against them some weeks back by the authorities on suspicions and allegations that Musli Power X-tra’s popularity is due to adulteration using these proven allopathic molecules. However, in tests carried out subsequently on the samples by Government Analyst, Drugs Testing Laboratory, Thiruvananthapuram have failed to detect the presence of these synthetic chemicals.

Speaking to Seasonal Magazine on the development, Kunnath Pharma’s Founder and Managing Director KC Abraham put it this way, “How can they find something that is not there? We are 100% sure that we never add any synthetic hormones or additives to our medicines. We have a highly capable lab of our own, and we regularly test each batch of our medicines.”

This is not the first time Musli Power X-tra has been viewed suspiciously for its ingredients. Even now, it is learnt that its samples are under similar tests in states like Maharashtra. Commenting on it, KC Abraham told, “The fact that they are suspicious of our brand is our greatest testimony. Our medicine is so effective, that too in the short-term, that they fear we are relying on allopathic molecules or synthetic hormones. But multiple tests carried out in premium labs in Delhi, Hyderabad, Thiruvanathapuram, and a few other cities too have cleared us.”